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GI cancer
Gastrointestinal cancer is malignant growth in some part of the gastrointestinal tract, including the stomach, the intestines, the pancreas, and the liver.
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A 21-year old asked:
How are GI cancers diagnosed?
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How can I prevent GI cancer?
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What are the symptoms of GI cancer?
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A 39-year old asked:
What are the real symptoms of GI cancer?
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A 21-year old asked:
What are the causes and risk factors of GI cancer?
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A 37-year old male asked:
Can gi cancers cause strong urine odor?
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A 32-year old female asked:
Is it common to get a diagnoses of stage four Gastric/GI Cancer without the primary source of the cancer confirmed? A tumor was confirmed on the liver
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A 42-year old asked:
Will a gi cancer show up in a breast?
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A 32-year old female asked:
My father (53 in great shape never drank/smoked) has been diagnosed stage 4 GI Cancer, metastasized to liver. Is getting2nd or 3rd opinion beneficial?
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A 38-year old female asked:
I HAVE HAD NARROW STOOLS FOR OVER YEAR WITH SMALL AMOUNT of BLOOD. HAD 3 ct of abdomen this year. Think it still could be cancer?Gi doesn't seem conce
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A 37-year old male asked:
Could I have gotten a gi or lymphoma cancer from 3 abdominal, 1 head and 1 chest CT from '09 until '12?
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A 34-year old asked:
Ive got in my head that i have colon cancer, but GI says he doesnt feel lump i feel in rectaum?
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A 48-year old asked:
Could a gi doctor detect pancreatic cancer while doing a scope?
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A 27-year old asked:
normal to throw up every morning with gi tube due to cancer of the voice box?
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A 40-year old asked:
Can upper gi endoscopy show intestinal cancer?
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A 38-year old asked:
How come ovarian cancer symptoms present like gi problems?
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A 38-year old male asked:
Had two GI Doctors tell me that non-hpylori gastritis will not lead to cancer. Is this true?
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A 21-year old asked:
What is Lower GI series in detecting colon cancer?
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A 32-year old asked:
Wouldnt a GI doc be able to tell the difference in anal cancer and hemorrhoids?
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A 22-year old asked:
What is the heritability of different cancers? I have heard about lung, GI, etc, but I am curious about other forms
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A 29-year old female asked:
If they find a cystic mass near small bowle in LUQ, what is the chances of it being cancer. im 29 years old and cyst is 6 cm. i have app with gi in wk?
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A 40-year old asked:
family history of colon cancer. do i start seeing GI before or at age parent diagnosed?
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A 25-year old asked:
I'm 25 and had a baby 7 months ago. I also have 4 out if 6 symptoms of colon cancer including rectal bleeding. How likely is this? i have appt w/ GI.
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A 43-year old asked:
Is there an association between stomach cancer and a gi bleed?
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A 47-year old male asked:
Can GERD lead to esophageal cancer. I have GERD. Going for upper GI 8-20. Very scared.
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A 30-year old female asked:
Could cancer cause severe left upper back/shoulder and chest pain. When cardiac and gi has been ruled out? Family history of cancer.
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A 24-year old male asked:
I have got upper GI endoscopy done which revealed nodularity at GE junction doc seemed concerned ...is there a higher probability for it to be cancer?
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A member asked:
Is there emzems markers in the blood if there cancer blood in upper gi, and lower gi. blood count 7.3 blood count up an down over 72 hours female ,43 age , cancer mother
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A 20-year old female asked:
Bright, red blood from anus...constipation? I'm only twenty, but colon problems are known in my family (Colon Cancer, polyps). Should I go to GI, or?
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A 39-year old male asked:
Does colon cancer always cause anemia? My gi doc thinks I'm cancer free because the blood count is good.
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